tubercle (tuberculum)

Introduction

• A nodule or small rounded process
• A slight elevation from the surface of a bone giving attachment to a muscle or ligament

More general terms

• bony process

More specific terms

• accessory process of lumbar vertebra; accessory tubercle
• articular tubercle of temporal bone (articular eminence of temporal bone)
• calcaneal tubercle (calcaneal tuber)
• carotid tubercle (Chassaignac tubercle)
• corniculate tubercle; Santorini tubercle
• cuneiform tubercle; Wrisberg tubercle
• deltoid tubercle of spine of scapula
• dorsal tubercle of radius (Lister tubercle)
• epiglottic tubercle (cushion of epiglottis)
• frontal eminence/tubercle
• inferior thyroid tubercle
• infraglenoid tubercle
• intercondylar tubercle
• jugular tubercle of occipital bone
• lateral tubercle (of posterior process) of talus
• mamillary process of lumbar vertebra; mamillary tubercle; metapophysis
• medial tubercle (of posterior process) of talus
• pharyngeal tubercle of basilar part of occipital bone
• pterygoid tubercle of mandible
• pubic tubercle
• radial/bicipital tuberosity; tubercle of radius
• scalene tubercle of Lisfranc (Lisfranc tubercle, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle)
• superior thyroid tubercle
• tubercle of atlas (anterior/posterior)
• tubercle of cervical vertebra (anterior/posterior)
• tubercle of humerus (greater/lesser)
• tubercle of rib
• tubercle of scaphoid
• tubercle of trapezium; oblique ridge of trapezium
• tuberosity

Additional terms

• bone